...on Pope's army, which culminated in the second battle of Manassas.
It had been the purpose of the Confederate commander, when he took position on the Upper Rappahannock, to cross his army at the Fauquier Springs, and occupying Lee's ridge and the adjacent highlands, to compel Pope to deliver battle at some point between Warrenton and Bealton.
With this object in view he had crossed Early's Brigade...